Full display flag holder



Oct. 15, 1946. A. o. ZEDLER FULL DISPLAY FLAG HOLDER- Filed Aug. 2; 1944GOD BLE 55 AMERICA" 0 IINV-ENT0R nronuav ARTHUR O ZEDLER Patented Oct.15, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FULL DISPLAY FLAG HOLDER Arthur 0.Zedler, Yonkers, N. Y.

Application August 2, 1944, Serial No. 547,716

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to an improved holder for flags and banners, andone of its objects is to provide a holder by means of which a flag maybe stiffened at one end so that it will drape neatly from its support.

Another object of the invention is to provide a flag holder which willfully display the entire surface area of the flag.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists incertain new and useful combinations, constructions and arrangements ofparts, clearly described in the following specification, and fullyillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a view inelevation, showing the holder in a horizontal position, supporting aflag in a draping position.

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of the improved flag holder, supportedupon a flag pole, and serving to stiffen the inner end of the flag.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, lookingin the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the accompanying drawing which illustrates the practicalconstruction of the invention 5 designates the improved flag supporter,which is in the form of a straight bar of wood or other similar lightmaterial.

This bar is formed with a longitudinal channel 6 in one edge thereof,which thus provides a holding pocket the full length of the bar, but notas wide as the bar. In this channel or pocket the inner or upper edge ofthe flag 1 is forced by means of the U-shaped metal strip 8. This stripis placed astride the inner edge of the flag, and then the strip isforced into the channel or pocket. The strip may be formed with handhold flanges 8a and 81), so thatthe strip may be easily Withdrawn,carrying with it the edge of the flag. The U-shaped clamping andinserting strip 9 may be formed of aluminum, zinc, stainless steel,

- or any material which will not corrode or rust under outside weatherconditions, or when exposed to the air for a long period of time.

The bar 5 is formed with projections I0 and I I, located near theopposite corners thereof, and each one is provided with a hanging holel2, by means of which a hanging cord may be looped on the bar, and thebar and the flag supported thereby suspended or draped on the wall or apost.

The U-shaped clip and the flag are positively clamped to the bar bymeans of the screws [3, which are extended through end portions of thebar and adjacent portions of the flag and U- shaped strip, and aresecured in place by cap nuts l4, threaded 0n the ends of the screws.

In Fig. 4 I show the manner in which this clamping action is developed,so that the flag will not slip out of its retaining channel, and whendraped will present the most attractive display.

In Fig. 3 I show the use of the improved flag holder, in stiffening theinner edge of a, flag, when the flag is unfurled from a vertical flagpole.

In this case the holding bar 5 is clamped to the flag in the same manneras shown in Fig. 1, but the ends of the rope I4 of the flag pole I5, areconnected to the ends of the bar 5, so that the bar can be raised orlowered with the flag. When the flag is unfurled to the wind, the pullof the wind upon the flag will move the inner vertical edge of the baraway from the flag pole. By preventing the flag from sagging and holdingit stretched on one end, the flag will have a longer life and willunfurl more readily, when it becomes wrapped around the flag pole, asthe weight of the bar will have a tendency to force the flag into fulldisplayed position.

The device may be constructed of rubber or plastic, for use on flagpoles, and makes a useful holder for flags for homes, windows, schools,factories, streets, buildings and public places.

The device may be used with any type of flag or banner, and when it isno longer desired to display a flag or banner, it may be rolled upon theholder and stored away.

It is understood that the flag may be supported to flow horizontallyfrom a flag pole, or may be hung on the flag pole to hang vertically.

Having described my invention I claim as new:

A flag holder comprising a, bar formed with a longitudinal slot, aU-shaped metal strip fitted in the slot and having outwardly directedflanges disposed against the edge of the bar, a flag having one edgethereof disposed in the U-shaped metal strip, and screws extendingthrough the bar and through the metal strip and flag to hold the flagand metal strip in the slot, the flanges of the metal strip extendingoutwardly of the sides of the bar, and the bar having means on the endsthereof to hang the same horizontally or vertically.

ARTHUR O. ZEDLER.

